Aol Misses Mark, Reports Lower than Expected Earnings
Aol has been on a rocky road as of late. After the split with Time Warner, we watched as the former internet service provider rebrand itself as a new media company with mixed results. One of the more memorable moments included the purchase of Bebo for $850 million back in 2008 and its subsequent sale [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 6-18-2010
Twitter Adds Places. Should Foursquare Care? Twitter adds another layer of context to your tweets with the new Places feature. This allows you see where a tweet originated from, as well as what other tweets came from the same location. Places will also be pulled from Gowalla and Foursquare tweets. Location information in your tweets [...]
Read MoreAOL Will Sell or Close Bebo This Year
AOL has finally decided to do something about the Bebo service, which most have long since written off. They plan to sell or just shut the site down by the end of May. The social media and social networking landscape has become very competitive. Even MySpace had to eventually concede victory to Facebook as a [...]
Read MoreBebo: Yet Another Service Biting FriendFeed’s Style
After purchasing both the Bebo social network and the SocialThing data aggregator last year, AOL’s strategy to leverage and merge these services is beginning to become apparent. Both Facebook and MySpace, currently the most popular social networking sites, have already jumped on the lifestreaming bandwagon. For FriendFeed fans, it’s hard to miss the fact that [...]
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